Bill Craig (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bill Craig (swimmer)

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Culver City, California, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2017

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Bill Craig (swimmer)

  • William Norval Craig (January 16, 1945 – January 1, 2017) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.
  • He represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal by swimming the breaststroke leg for the first-place U.S.
  • team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay.
  • Craig and his teammates Thompson Mann (backstroke), Fred Schmidt (butterfly) and Steve Clark (freestyle) set a new medley relay world record of 3:58.4.
  • Craig attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team.
  • He graduated in 1967.Craig was last married to Patty Craig, with whom he had a son Christian; he also has a son Rick and daughter Kimber from a previous marriage.

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